Doug MacFarlane said: > But now I want to add a SCSI controller (Symbios), SCSI Tape-drive (HP), > and SCSI disk, none of which were on my old desktop. So I figure > > So I apt-got a 2.4.19-686 kernel image, and when I rebooted, I had to use > modconf to enable the 3c59x driver, and when I rebooted, it runs like > molasses . . . during boot, it takes minutes to complete the calculate > module dependencies step. This hadn't happened before, and I don't have > time to figure it out yet . . .
this is odd, but does it boot eventually? does this happen everytime it boots? after it boots can you delete /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep and run depmod -a ..does it take the same amount of time? > So I figure, how hard can it be to add SCSI support and SCSI Tape and Disk > support to my 2.2.20-idepci system? should be pretty easy. .. > Where and how do I download the modules from? Where do I put them? I personally build my own kernels, but in your case I would put the names of the modules in /etc/modules. some module names you may need: sym53c416 (SCSI card driver for symbios 53c416) or perhaps you need sym53c8xx (SCSI card driver for symbios SYM53C8XX) and sd_mod (SCSI disk driver) st (SCSI tape driver) scsi_mod (SCSI core driver, should be automatically loaded when you load the SCSI device driver) > and just exactly what is "The Debian Way" for doing all this? Even > Osamu's DebianReference didn't help with this . . . uncertain. I suppose one way would be to build your own kernel with kernel-package ..(what I do) good luck nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
